New Louise Rennison books in the library!!

Who is she can I hear you ask???? She is the bestselling author of 'Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging' which was made into a movie not long ago.
We have a full set of her books avaliable to borrow in the library, but hurry, we only have one of each!!

Don't forget it's 'spring forward' time!

Ever heard the phrase 'spring forward, fall back'? No? Well remember it as it's a great way of remembering which way the clocks change in spring and autumn.

On Sunday the 27th of March our clocks will go forward one hour, so yes, we loose an hour of our day! But never fear because we'll get it back (and have that extra hour in bed) in October.

Technically speaking the clocks go forward at 1am, but the best idea is to change all your clocks and watches before you go to bed on the Saturday night and you'll wake up non the wiser (though maybe a little bit tired) on Sunday morning. Otherwise you'll be wondering what on earth has happened to your Sunday morning helping of Glee which you will have missed!

Then, as if by magic, we'll have sunshine until 8pm - yay for summer!

If you're feeling geeky and want to know more about Daylight Saving Time (DST) across the world click here

Welcome to Springtime

Yes it's official - spring is here! The daffodils are out, the central heating has been turned down, and we've all been given a tantalising glimpse of the coming summer.

So why is it the beginning of spring? It's all down to the spring equinox. What is that you may ask? The word “equinox” derives from the Latin words meaning “equal night” and refers to the time when the sun crosses the equator. At such times, day and night are everywhere of nearly equal length everywhere in the world.

For more information on the equinox, the seasons and how our planet works click here

Visit the North Pole!!

Visit the North Pole via the website for lots of Christmas fun, you can write a letter to Santa, fill out the 'Naughty or Nice' questionaire to see if you are deserving of any Christmas goodies, play games and much more!!
Click on the Christmas tree to visit the site

A History of the World in 100 Objects

This is a radio series which has been running since the beginning of 2010 and this website has been set up to accompany it. Hundreds of objects have been submitted from museums across the country.

There are several ways of navigating the site; there are tabs across the top for 'home', 'explore', 'programmes', 'In your area', 'blog', 'Learning' etc.

The 'explore' tab brings up a cloud of objects and you can zoom back and forth in time by moving along the timeline on the right of the page. Each object has a record showing location, culture, period, theme, size, colour and material. Each of these can be used to explore other related items, so for instance you can explore Inca objects, medieval objects or even purple objects! Click here to visit the site.

World Book Day 2011

I know, I know it's bit early, but World Book Day 2011 takes place on the 3rd of March next year. As part of this scheme all year 7's and 8's will receive a free £1 book token, which can be exchanged for special books costing - yes you guessed it - £1!! Or you can put it towards to the cost of another book, the choice is yours. Look out for these during February. To find out more about World Book Day click here

Scholastic Book Club

Yes, year 7's you'll soon be handed your 'before Christmas' book club leaflet, filled with discounted goodies!! And if you're not a year 7 but would like to see what's on offer pop up to the LRC for a leaflet for lots of Christmas present ideas! (Teachers, you can order too!)